County report card · Texas
Hartley County, Texas
Partially ProtectedAudited 2026-08-24
County portal uses an access restriction which deters automated access but may be bypassed by determined actors
- Population
- 4,996
- Portal
- Assessor & Recorder
- Portal vendor
- Not identified
What the audit checked
Four low-cost protections every online records portal can have. How we rate counties.
- robots.txtNot checked
- Terms of useSilent on automation
- Bot challengeAccess denied to automated clients
- Owner notificationUnknown
Portal audited: iswdataclient.azurewebsites.net/webindex.aspx?dbkey=hartleycad&time=201601191610049, www.co.hartley.tx.us/default.aspx?Hartley_County/County.Clerk
Doing well
- Technical barriers (access_denied) that deter casual bulk access
Room to grow
- Updating the Terms of Use to prohibit automated access
What to ask for
Three low-cost steps that have worked in other counties to close gaps like this one:
1. Adding clear robots.txt rules that disallow automated scrapers
2. Updating the Terms of Use to prohibit automated access
3. Implementing a notification system that alerts residents when their records are accessed
The full playbook is What Counties Can Do.